Minority leader, John Boehner and the House Republicans walked out of Congress today because the Democratic Party wanted to enforce the rule of law and go after Hariet Miers and Josh Bolton, while the Republicans want to force the FISA bill down their throats.

They threw their hissy fit (I'm surprised Boehner didn't break out into tears again) and as usual tried to change the subject from the lawbreaking Bush administration to the jingoistic---save America from terrorists-rhetoric that they are famous for. This is their play. Make the House and Senate into a do nothing Congress---grand stand on every issue so they can try to dupe the media...

I wonder how many of our 'leaders' from today and from the past 12 years have or have had 'dual citizenship' and have had unfettered access to the workings of our government and classified information. Anyone?

Likewise! The only thing worse is BP's ludicrous assertion that their 'millions of jobs' (i.e. American industrial supply chain) represents some kind of notable altruism on their part.

Every resource extractor leverages that supply chain. And yeah - going green means putting those hands to other tasks, and not throwing them on the capitalist rubbish heap. I am dying to hear pant suit lady address the worker safety issues coming out of the oil patch, as outlined on Al Jazeera. (Faultlines - Death on the Bakken Shale).

The corporate propaganda from resource extractors (including the Koch brothers) is emanating the stench of oil lately.